Aviation security: the European Commission
takes measures against Greece

The European Commission decided today to send a
reasoned opinion to Greece for failure to adequately apply EU Regulations on
civil aviation security. This concerns in particular the requirements for
national compliance monitoring activities of airports and operators.

The two Regulations concerned[1]
require Member States to regularly audit all airports situated in their
territory in order to ensure the swift detection and correction of any failures
in implementing the common aviation security measures. To this end, Member
States must also deploy a sufficient number of auditors for compliance
monitoring activities.

Greece is requested to take the necessary measures to fully implement these
requirements within the established timeframe in order to avoid the matter being
referred to the Court of Justice.

[1] Regulation 2320/2002 of
the European Parliament and the Council of 16 December 2002 establishing common
rules in the field of civil aviation security and Commission Regulation
1217/2003 of 4 July 2003 laying down common specifications for national civil
aviation security quality control programmes.